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Sex & Nudity

  • Buttocks shown from woman and men 2x!
  • Guy with a teenager girl making out in bed for a couple of seconds - no nudity
  • In the first quarter of the movie there is tribal dance with very revealing clothing, no genitals or breasts shown though.
  • Man tells son that he expects him to be having sex with the girls that bathe him.
  • Man changes his mind on letting his mistress get into his living place but she insists that she wants to.. (to go inside, sex is implied)
  • We briefly see two women's breasts.
  • When Akeem is being bathed, several woman's breasts & buttocks are visible fully nude and then is told that his penis has been cleaned.
  • A man remarks that he hasn't had sex since arriving in America.
  • Talk of having sex

Violence & Gore

  • A man falls down the stairs. He is presumed to be dead, but he wakes up, farts, and passes out again. No blood. This is mostly played for laughs.
  • There is an armed robbery involving a shotgun. No one is shot. It is mostly for laughs

Profanity

  • Strong language throughout. After Akeem stops a car, the driver comes out and says "you dumb fuck!" Akeem then Asks to Semmi "what does dumb fuck mean?" Later, when Akeem and Semmi arrive in New York, the driver says, "this shitty enough for you?" All of this is played for laughs 18 uses of fuck

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several people drink champagne at a party. Nobody appears drunk. A landlord smokes cigars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

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